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Critical · 9.4 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2026-26980 BIT-ghost-2026-26980EUVD-2026-8400GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97

Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API

Published Feb 20, 2026 · Updated May 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: TryGhost Product: Ghost Package: ghost Ecosystem: npm

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database. This issue has been fixed in version 6.19.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TryGhost Ghost >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 7 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm ghost >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1 6.19.1 GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97

References